09.03.25 Newsletter

St. Joseph’s Dinnington.   Parish Priest:  Fr Andy.   Tel: 01909 562664

Weekend Masses:

9.30am Sunday at St. Joseph’s;   

6pm Saturday at Blessed William Richardson, Kiveton (for Sunday)

Penitential Service 5pm the first Saturday of the month at St. Joseph’s

Children’s Liturgy first Sunday of the month.

Email: andyjgraydon@gmail.com.   Website: www.stjosephsdinnington.com

EMERGENCY CONTACT:

In the event of an emergency where you may specifically require the services of a priest please contact either:

Monica Carroll (07813 920844) or Anne Marie Carroll (07841 038663)

WEEK BEGINNING SUNDAY 9th MARCH 2025

THE FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

(Year C, Purple)

SATURDAY 8th March

6pm Service of The Word with distribution of Communion

at Blessed William Richardson Church, Kiveton

Readings for the day:

Isaiah 58:9b-14;   Ps 86(85):1-2. 3-4. 5-6. ℟1a;   Luke 5:27-32

  (Saint John of God, Religious)

SUNDAY:

9.30am Mass at  St Joseph’s.

Celebrant Fr Geoff Bottoms.

Deuteronomy 26:4-10;   Ps 91(90):1-2. 10-11. 12-13. 14-15. ℟ cf 15b;

   Romans 10:8-13;   Luke 4:1-13

MONDAY:

No Mass today.

Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18;   Ps 19(18):8. 9. 10. 15. ℟ John 6:63c;  Matthew 25:31-46

TUESDAY:

11.30am Hour of quiet prayer at Blessed William Richardson Church, Kiveton

There is no evening  Mass today.

Isaiah 55:10-11;   Ps 34(33):4-5. 6-7. 16-17. 18-19. ℟18b;   Matthew 6:7-15

WEDNESDAY:

No Mass today

12-2pm - Coffee afternoon in the parish rooms

6pm First Holy Communion Preparation in the parish rooms.

7pm Reflection group meeting in the parish rooms.

       Jonah 3:1-10;   Ps 51(50):3-4. 12-13. 18-19. ℟19b;  Luke 11:29-32

THURSDAY:

There is no early   Mass today.

2pm Rosary for Peace in the parish rooms.   

Esther 4:17m, 17o-17q, 17x-17z; Ps 138(137):1-2a. 2b-3. 3. 7c-8. ℟3a;  Matthew 7:7-12

FRIDAY: 

No Mass today.     

Ezekiel 18:21-28;   Ps 130(129):1-2. 3-4. 5-6b. 6c-8. ℟7bc;   Matthew 5:20-26

SATURDAY:

  6pm Service of The Word with distribution of Communion

at Blessed William Richardson Church, Kiveton

Readings for the Day:

Deuteronomy 26:16-19;   Ps 119(118):1-2. 4-5. 7-8. ℟1b;   Matthew 5:43-48

Next Sunday:  The Second Sunday of Lent (Year C, Purple)

9.30am Mass at St Joseph’s.

Celebrant Fr Geoff Bottoms.

Readings:

Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18;   Ps 27(26):1. 7-8b. 8c-9c. 13-14. ℟1a;   

Philippians 3:17-4:1;  Luke 9:28b-36

PARISH PRAYER FOR THE WEEK:    As we recall Jesus time in the desert, we pray for all those who face difficult living conditions in our world today that they may know the joy of God's presence and find strength and support as they work towards their hopes for the future.    

Lord, in your mercy...

(CAFOD Weekly prayers of intercession)

THE POPE’S INTENTION FOR MARCH:  For families in crisis.

Let us pray that broken families might discover the cure for their wounds through forgiveness, rediscovering each other’s gifts, even in their differences.

NOTICES

We welcome Fr Geoff Bottoms to celebrate our Mass on Sunday.

RIP MARY DUCEY: The funeral of Mary Ducey will take place on Thursday 3rd April at 12.15 Immaculate Conception RC church, Spinkhill. We pray for Mary and we keep Paddy and the family in our thoughts and prayers at this sad time.

RETIRING COLLECTIONS:

14th March is CAFOD’s  Lent appeal. It would be much appreciated if  you could  pick up an envelope in Church and return it next week with a donation.

There will be  ‘one off’ retiring collections after Masses on 22/23rd March for the National Shrine of  Our Lady of Walsingham to raise additional funds for the shrine in this Jubilee year.

UP-COMING EVENTS IN THE PARISH ROOMS: 12th March

12- 2pm - Coffee afternoon

6pm - 4th Session of the Holy Communion Preparation course

7pm - Reflection group meeting.

SOUP AND SONG:

The next interactive music session is 12-2pm on Thursday 13th March at Wales Methodist Chapel.  All welcome.

CHURCH CLEANING DINNINGTON:

Could you spare two hours a week for a month to help clean our church? We are in need of some new people to join our team to help keep our beautiful church looking it's best. If you can help please contact Anne-Marie Carroll on 07841 038633.

LIVE SIMPLY MARCH:

The collection of clothes for the Clothing Bank has been a fantastic success, thank you to all who have donated so far. The collection will continue throughout March, please bring your donations of clothes (in good condition) to church or ring Chris Parrott 07817542303 to arrange drop off at her house.

CALLING ALL OVERWHELMED AND BUSY PARENTS!

Come join us for a faith-filled weekend at St Vincent’s Mission Hub! Mike and Alicia Hernon, of the famous Messy Family Project, are coming all the way from the USA, to lead couples during an exclusive workshop, on the Four Disciplines of a Family! The main event is on Saturday 15th March (11-3pm) (Childcare is available on a pre booking basis only).  There will also be a Date Night for married couples on Friday March 14, (7:30-9:30pm) with cheese and wine and a talk from Mike and Alicia, on How to Keep Your Love Alive. The evening will end with Eucharistic Adoration.  https://stvincentsmissionhub.org/events-and-info

JOIN CAFOD’s BIG LENT WALK IN THE JUBILEE YEAR:

You are invited to join CAFOD’s Big Lent Walk and journey together with Catholics in England, Wales and Scotland as Pilgrims of Hope in this Jubilee Year - walking 200km over 40 days during Lent. Journey to one of the churches or shrines designated as places of pilgrimage in our diocese as part of your Big Lent Walk. Every £1 you raise will support communities like Lokho’s in Kenya, experiencing the worst impact of the climate crisis, to rebuild their lives in hope.Sign up here: https://walk.cafod.org.uk/

'BORN FOR THIS':  THE WAY OF THE CROSS:

A powerful depiction of the Stations of the Cross, in words, music and drama is being performed on Palm Sunday, 13 April, 3.00 pm at Immaculate Conception, Herringthorpe Valley Road, Rotherham.  Admission free. Retiring collection for St Vincent de Paul Society.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION:

The sessions take place on Wednesday in the parish rooms on the following dates starting at 6:30. The meetings will last approximately an hour.

Meeting 5      19 March

Meeting 6      26 March

Meeting 7      16 April

DIGITAL GIVING:

Hopefully you have seen the credit card reader which has recently been installed at the back of St Joseph’s church. Sadly there was a small deficit last year in our parish funds and therefore it needs to be as easy as possible for parishioners to contribute to our parish.

There are now two new ways of cashless giving

      1.    It’s very easy to use the card reader at the back of church, clear instructions are

with the machine,  

OR

      2.    You can use the QR code in church and on the website, just scan the code and

follow the simple instructions

LENTEN COURSES:

The Dinnington group will meet at 7pm (6.30 for refreshments) each Thursday as follows:

13th March. St. Leonard’s

20th March St Joseph’s

27th March Salvation Army Hall

3rd April Methodist Church

10th April - tbc. (Possibly The Bridge)

All wecome.

The Kiveton Group will meet at 7pm as follows:

Wednesday 12th March at BWR, Kiveton;   

Wednesday 19th March at St John’s Church  Wales;   

Thursday 27th March. St Peter’s Church, Thorpe Salvin;

Thursday 3rd April at Wales Methodist Chapel;   

Wednesday 9th April at All Hallows Church, Harthill.

All Welcome

LIVE SIMPLY MARCH:

There will be a collection of pre-loved clothes in good condition in church during February. All the clothes will be taken to the Clothing Bank who provide free clothes parcels for people in need. See the information on the leaflet in church

Please consider signing the CAFOD Cancel the Debt petition to cancel the unpayable debt that many low income countries are burdened with - http://cafod.org.uk/campaign/the-new-debt-crisisburd

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: George Blow and his grandma;  Victoria Broughton; Christopher Browne;  Eileen Butterfield;  Jim Chandler;   Sam Cleasby;  Betty Delaney;  Barbara Dexter;  Pat Duffin;  Gillian Gee;  Robert Hume;   Sophie Hughes;  Owen Jenkinson;  Jed Krotki;  Kumba;  Isabel Main-Reade;  Haylen Markillie;  Charlie Massarella;  John Parker;  Emma Pearson (Glen’s daughter);  Annie Reynolds;  Maria Senogles;  Sandra Sherratt;  Olive Stafford;  Margaret Tyler; Pat Vickers;  and Teresa Williamsa